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Calling my fellow fearful
‘Hey, Mum, did I tell you how I got stranded in a Hungarian village in the middle of nowhere with a Russian nightclub dancer?’ So began my latest phone…
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Siobhan Curham
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Travelling lighter through life
My new favourite pastime is something called Swedish Death Cleaning (not to be confused with Swedish Death Metal, which I’ve never listened to but…
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Turning rock bottom into rocket fuel
Two years ago, I moved to a town I have grown to hate. It was the middle of the pandemic and I’d spent months locked down in my flat in the formerly…
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April 2023
March 2023
Beware the bubble bursters
Have you ever shared some good news with someone only for them to promptly and deliberately burst your bubble? I ask because this happened to me when I…
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Siobhan Curham
All the best things are scary at first
I was on a first date with the man who would become my (wonderful) partner for seven years and to this day remains one of my very best friends. We had…
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Are you killing your imagination?
The first weekend I was here in Eureka Springs I visited one of the many art galleries in town and instantly fell in love with a picture by a local…
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Siobhan Curham
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February 2023
Say YES to serendipity
I love the word serendipity, not just for how it sounds to me (like the pitter patter of raindrops on a pond) but for the meaning: "The occurrence of…
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Basic beast laptops and crappy football boots
When he was younger my son was a really talented footballer. From the age of seven he played for a local team at the weekends and his school team during…
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Siobhan Curham
The Power of F*** You
Have you ever been so hurt by something someone’s done or said to you that you feel physically winded? Have you ever then experienced the pivotal moment…
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Siobhan Curham
The Dog Biscuit and Cigar Guide to Happiness
Firstly, can I just say a MASSIVE well done for getting through all 575 days of January - or am I the only one who felt like January lasted forever this…
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